File #: 2022-0219    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/14/2022 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/16/2022
Enactment date: 8/26/2022 Enactment #: 19478
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the projects funded through the 2020-2025 parks, recreation, trails and open space levy grant program, Round 1, in accordance with Ordinance 18890, Motion 15378, Ordinance 19166 and the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19210, Section 93.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: Funds, Grants, Open Space, Parks and Recreation, Trails and Paths
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19478, 2. 2022-0219 transmittal letter, 3. 2022-0219 Fiscal Note, 4. 2022-0219 Memorandum, 5. 2022-0219 Legislative Review Form, 6. 2022-0219_Memorandum - Open Space River Corridor Advisory Committee, 7. 2022-0219_Open Space - River Corridors Project Applicants and Recommended Grant Awards, 8. 2022-0219_Open Space - RIver Corridor Grant Program Implementation Guidelines, 9. 2022-0219_RIVERS_Council Briefing_Levy Grants_2022, 10. 2022-0219_SR_Open Space River Corridor Grants, 11. 2022-0219_Revised SR_Open Space River Corridor Grants
Related files: 2019-0084, 2019-0142, 2020-0069, 2020-0306
Staff: Tracy, Jake
Drafter
Clerk 06/02/2022
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AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the projects funded through the 2020-2025 parks, recreation, trails and open space levy grant program, Round 1, in accordance with Ordinance 18890, Motion 15378, Ordinance 19166 and the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19210, Section 93.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Ordinance 19166 established grant award criteria and the process for the King County parks, recreation, trails and open space levy grant programs, as well as the proposed composition of advisory committees in accordance with Ordinance 18890, Section 7, Motion 15378, Section F.1., and Attachments A, B, D and E to Motion 15378.
2. Ordinance 18890, which took effect May 13, 2019, called for a special election to authorize the King County parks, recreation trails and open space levy. On August 6, 2019, King County voters approved the levy, which included funding for various grant programs including open space river corridors.
3. The open space river corridors grant program under Attachment D to Ordinance 19166 will provide funding for flood risk reduction, habitat restoration, open space, and recreation in river corridors. The goal of the program is to incentivize projects that integrate multiple attributes of projects inside river corridors such as flood control, habitat, passive recreation, and trails.
4. The open space river corridors grant program advisory committee convened in the winter of 2022 to review and score grant proposals and has recommended funding for the projects listed in section 1 of this ordinance, based upon the eligibility and additional criteria set forth in Attachment D to Ordinance 19166.
5. These recommendations reflect round 1 of what is expected to be a three-round grant cycle over the course of the levy. The second round of grants is expected to begin in the fall of 2022, and the third and final round of grants is expected to begin in 2024.
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